Incident disrupts power to 200 in Everett

Herald staff

EVERETT -- About 200 people in downtown Everett lost power Wednesday afternoon after mylar balloons came into contact with a power line.The outages started about 3 p.m. in the area around the corner of Oakes and Hewitt avenues. Power was back up within the hour.Some traffic signals in the area also were out for awhile.

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